Siege of Breslau

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Siege of Breslau
Part of the Eastern Front of World War II
German troops in Breslau on 2 February 1945
Date 13 February – 6 May 1945 (2 months, and 24 days) Location Breslau, Nazi Germany, now Wrocław, Poland 51°07′N 17°02′E / 51.117°N 17.033°E / 51.117; 17.033 Result Soviet victory Unconditional surrender of the city Breslau garrison on 6 May, followed by the unconditional surrender of all German forces two days after (see end of World War II in Europe)
Belligerents
Soviet Union National Committee for a Free Germany	Germany
Commanders and leaders
6th Army:  Vladimir Gluzdovsky	Festung Breslau: Hans von Ahlfen Hermann Niehoff
Strength
87,334	50,000
Casualties and losses
31,604[1] 7,177[1] – 13,000[2] killed 24,427[1] – 33,000 wounded[3]	44,848 captured, including 6,678[1] – 12,000 hospitalised[4]

The siege of Breslau, also known as the Battle of Breslau, was a three-month-long siege of the city of Breslau in Lower Silesia, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland), lasting to the end of World War II in Europe. From 13 February 1945 to 6 May 1945, German troops in Breslau were besieged by the Soviet forces which encircled the city as part of the Lower Silesian Offensive Operation. The German garrison's surrender on 6 May was followed by the surrender of all German forces two days after the battle.